to not want "gender specific" toy gifts?

[frgr]

If a very nice family hotel Welcome Pack "offers kids age 2 to 10 gift boxes filled with age- and gender-specific toys upon arrival"... am I being nit picking to wonder what exactly "gender-specfic" toys actually entail in their view, and that I would refuse to endorse opening the toys with my kids?

I don't want my son to get a toy water pistol and a girl only a doll - I'd love for them to choose from a nice selection of toys, or something appropriate for all kids like a music toy, anything that's AGE appropriate, but not gender prescribed ones - I'm surprised that a hotel would BOAST about this in 2010?

Is it inappropriate or AIBU? Maybe I should post this in the feminism section?

I'd casually mention it to the hotel at some point while you are there.

Praise the welcome pack idea but let them know that lots of parents are trying to get away from the stereotyping of children so ideally would prefer neutral or a mix of toys in the gift boxes.

I am annoyed by gender stereotyped toys and clothes (I never played with dolls and didn't like pink) but I think this is a relatively minor example so not one to jump up and down about too much.

tbh, i'm grateful for anything that makes life that bit easier...if the kids are surprised with a goody bag upon arrival...then great!

i do have children who conform to the pink/blue thing...my dd is the girlyest girl...pink/sparkly etc and my boys are equally into cars/jokes/ben10 etc...

can you ask for one pack of each gender bias and then dish them out yourself?

fetch - pink irons? PINKS IRONS??? god that makes me cross on a whole new level. what is that?? two stereotypes in one - meh.

there are doxnes of goody bag sized toys which are gender neutral. its just so unecessary

yabu

YADNBU, I hate the whole gender specific thing. We've just found out I'm having a girl and the MIL squealed about all the pretty pink dresses she can buy. I've already warned my DH to warn her it will go straight to the charity shop, she was bad enough with our DS when we said we wanted unisex things.

Everything is either for boys or girls nowadays, I'm trying to buy a bed guard and they only seem to come in blue or pink. Why to toys have to be for any gender?

YABU - and shamefully nit-picking.

Take the free toys and let your kids enjoy them, which they will.